Later, as they were having dinner, she asked, “Do you have a steady boyfriend?”
“No.”
“And your roommate is just a friend. Is he a good friend?”
“His name’s Casey, Mom. And, yes, he’s a good friend. In the non-s****l way. I like him a lot. He’s been kind of like a big brother to me.”
“Why don’t you bring him home with you at Christmas?”
“He works at a restaurant, so I don’t know how much time he’ll have off. But I’ll ask him.”
“Which restaurant? One of the chains?”
“No. Was Adrian’s there when you were at Colby?”
“It most certainly was, but it was too expensive for us to go there often in our student days.”
Charles smiled. “Back then we thought it was pretty stuffy. But our tastes have changed. Now we go there whenever we’re in Colby. The food and the service are excellent. I thin
